Seed-planter.



m. retroterra.A

a UNITED STATES -Ptrreirrf OFFICE.

rit-wma ofzow: "e, 1903.

. SEEDPPLANTER.

SPECIHCA'roN forming pim or Lemie einem No. :instemmen october e, loos.

` Aglcatlen Eloi December 36, 1903. No. 136,668. Gio medal.)

.To all when it may nourri-n;

lie itkzuinn that' l, NILLIA 5t ll. Conni-:Ji citizen of the l'nitetl States, residing.: :it (hill'iune, in the county or" .i'ttziscoso. und State of Texas, 's haveinventednnetrnutl ust-ful SeedJlnnter,

of which the following: is n spoeliontion.

l illy invention relates to seoltplnnters, and

' :o The invention eompriseet-he details of oonstruotion nud combination of-pnrts more fully hereinafter des'cribed.

ln the nccompnnying drawings, Figure l is n longitudinal sectional elevntiou. Fig. is

n top sectional' plan.

`Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the nmin tranne of the mnt-bine, comprising side bars 2, commented nt, .their fronteuds by n transverse bnr I5 nml uentthoir rear ends byv 3o n simile r bar 1. The trmisverse hors 3 :ind t preernbly have their ends inortised into the side lnirs and :tre held in pince by drowiup.r the side bars tightly together with tibolts 5.

G is the ground-wheel, mountetlon n shaft 7, journnled in bearings S, depend-ing from the lower sides nt' the :,de bai-:L 'lho shaft nt one side of the wht-oi is cranked, as :it fl, between the wheel :ind .the bearing S anti is 4o formed beyond the bearing with a second crank l0 for the purpose hereinafter described.

11 is a. seed-hopper lowing' :1n agitator 12 mounted thereinou a. shaft '.`,jour 'nnled in the sides of the hopper. This shaft has its end at one eide of theA hopper extended be youd the same :md formed ,into a crnnk-n-rm 14, connected bya link 15 with the orari? will by n sliding pitite lJ, connected to the 6o upper fnee of the hoppeubottoin by meando( e screw und slot; but it muy he arranged in mij; other suitrtblo nummer which fill permit. `its ready Increment over the opening to clone the sinne.

' i 65 :2U is n seed-slide overlying the seed-openling in the bottom of tliehopper and adapted to be reoiproeittetl horizontally beef: :md forth over the' suine in the manner nud for.A

the purpose presently described. The slide ','o`

.30 has formed therethrough V:i plurality of seed-openings 21, adopted to alternately regieter with the opening in tliebottoui ofthe hopper for the discharge of the seed, as #will be readily understood. B vspncing theopenings .l a grenier or lesser distnueo the distnnce betweeu'the hills may be varied or the .seed may be planted continuonely.l In practice it. is my intent-ion to providefor each planter n. plurality of these Boetti-slides hnv- 8o ing the openings variously 'spared .nud to interohnnge the slides to meet. the conditions under uhieh the seed are to be planted. In order to provide for the ready interehanging ofthe slides, I employ n readily/detachable connection between the onine andthe ground- -wheel by whieb they are reciproented. This letal-:liable connection comprises a link 22, connected et'. one end with the crank 9 ofthe dritoshnft. by mennsof n. removable plate 9c 23, connected to the link by wenns 0f arbolt or other suitable securing means. Y The link at its inner end is bent `nt rightangles to iorm n. finger 24, engaged with an opeuingin the end ofthe slide 20, the endet the slide being extended downward from the seeding for the reception of the finger end. By

furrow.

this construction it will be seen that the slide may be readily dctnched froniithe linkby re# moving tho keeper 225, thu-s permitting the slide to be quickly changed or to be thrown ont of action when itis desired toeinp'loy the device for distributing fertilizer only. :26 indicates a guide connected to the bottom of the hopper ovcrthe seed-slide and direc'tly overlying.,r theseed-openingin the hopper. 'lhis guide or shield serves the double function of holding tite slide tinsh with the surface of thehopper-bottom and of preventing,l the itccuxnnintion -nnd clogging of the seed4 at this point.

2T indicates n furrow-opener arrnngeriixm :nediately in rear of'the gronnd-wheel und adapted to. travel in the path of the same. This opener is connected to a shrink or stendnrd 28iu the formel` nmetnlplnte bent uponv itself nt'its lower e'ud to form n vvertical slot for the reception of the bolt or the like by `which theblnde is 'attached to thestnndard 'and dit'erging .nt its upperrends fornttnclb4 ment in any suitable/manner to the respeetive sido bnrs of the frame.

It will e seen tlzntthe furrow-opening binde may be r ndily detached for thesubstitutionV o! a new one or that it may be readily'sd justed vertically to vary the depth ot the 30 indicates twolcoveri'ngblades'removably attached, by means of bolts or the like, to the lower ends-ot Shanks 31, which latter are pivotcd nt their upper ends to the tide bars oi' the frame and nre sustained bylinks 3:?. In prnctice these covering-blades usu- :illy project forwardly fort entrance into the around; but in some enses where the soil is of n veryheavy nutrire and clogs the blades they muy be swung; on their pivots to a rearfirdly-projecting position and trnvcl with a dragging action through the ground. The links'tii' nre provided nt their lower ends with n piurality of openings for their ready attachment to the Shanks in either position of the latter. I

33 indicates admit-rod in the form of n metal bnr bent Luton irse-li.' at its center and having-its rcnr ends spread and formed into suitable 'eyes connected, preferably, by sta ples with the upper Inco of the side bars, the outer free end of the |lrat`t rod being formed into a. suitable ltodk or loop for attachment with the hnrness of the draft-animals. The

, outer end of thedrnft-rod is'nTmtcd' within 'a suitable guide or keeper IM in the form of gwntltigodooped nt itscenter and having`-V The standard is` further secured to the frame by brnces 239.I

its sides exten-iedparnllehwith their-freeends connected tothe front trnnsverse framebnr 3. This kropen' proiects x'erticnily np- Wnrd from the freine and is provided with a plurality of transverse openings'li t'or the 7o freceptioa of n pin or the like, which regt lates the height of the outer end of thedraftrod und regulates the draft'. 3o indicates the ns'nnl gnidingzhandles of the ninchine. In operation the ground-wheel in its travel over' the ground operntesthe agitator through- -the medium of cranks 10 and 14 and connecting-link l5 and at' the same time reciprocntes the seed-slide 20 through the medium `of 8o crank 9 and link 32, the fertilizer-'opening being at this time-closed by means of sliding `plete 19. If it is desired to operate the seedsltde alone "ithoutopernting the ngitntotgthe link 15 is disconnected from the end of the 85 crnnk 10 .3nd is turucdbnck and rests against the guiding-handle of the machine. In distrihutingt'ertilizcrthe seedfslideisthrownont of .action by disconnecting the plate 25er-1d 'removing the finger 2st from' the opening in 9o the end'of the sli-de, thcngitotoriin the menntime remaining connected to the dritte-shaftnnd the fertilizerkdistribnting opening nncovered. The distance between the hills is varied, as before set forth, by in'terehnnging 9g' the slides.

AIn producim,r the device :there described it will be seen that I provide for the ready removal of :my of `the wearing parts, thus adapting the-m to bc readily rveplactitli'bynevr4 loo ones or interchnnged to moet `vnrying circumstances in .the operation of the machine n'nd that the parts nre of sucha simple natu re (the 4machine being so constructed throughout Without the employment. of castings) that :o5 they may be readily reproduced..

It is to be understoodthat I do not limit inyseli' to the preciso details herein shown and described, inasmuch as such. minor changes therein iis may he found advnta'.- no geons in practice may he made without departing from the spirit or scope of my inven tion. t

Having thun described the invention, what; is claimed is n.5

1. Ina secd-plnnter, the'co-mbinntion with a hopper havinge discharge-opening in its bottom, of n seedfslide having a plurality of seed-openings, a ground-wheel having a' crank-arm adapted to operate-the slide, and noA a link connecting the crnnknrm and slide,

'said link being'rdetnchably connected with the slide by means of n linger en ngihg a perforation in thc slide and an ang ed plate or keeper secured to the link and extend-ing x25 beneath the'inger.

2. In a seed-planter, the combination with a hopper having a dischargeopening' in its bottom, of n seedslide having a plurality of Seel opc"ings, a ground -wheel having a. 13o

f with the sldu and s removable kapper in the crank-arm adapted to Operate the slide, smid' a link tonnect-ing the crank-arm and slide, said link haring n nger dtachably engaged zhe presence uf twqwitneses1- WILLIAM 1L CO'BLPL form of au :xgled p'te-demohabggesecmvd Witnesses; f Y to :he E''uk and perforated Vim' the reeptju J. C. MCL, Alm,

L. B. CAMP.

off ih@ end of th'n fmger. l

1n testimony that 1 daim the'foregoug as my own I have hereto axed my sgnatpre in. 

